Regional Innovation Systems or Innovative Regions? Evidence from Italy

Valentina De Marchi; Roberto Grandinetti

doi:10.1111/tesg.12217

Regional Innovation Systems or Innovative Regions? Evidence from Italy

Valentina De Marchi, Roberto Grandinetti

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Abstract

The literature on regional innovation systems (RIS) has focused so far just on a few exemplary cases of regions where innovation resulted from systemic interactions between firms and institutions. This paper aims at evaluating quantitatively which regions can be considered RIS using Community Innovation Survey data on Italy. The analysis reveals a new geography of innovation in the country as compared to results emerging from studies on the 1990s, suggesting a high dynamism in innovation capabilities of Italian regions. Four clusters of regions are identified, but none of them can be described as a true RIS: the most innovative ones lack ‘systemicness’ and those that come closest to the RIS model have not the best innovative performance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	234-249
Number of pages	16
Journal	Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie
Volume	108
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12217
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

CIS
cluster analysis
Italy
regional development
Regional innovation system
technological change

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